Chapter 575: Research and Application of Field Transformation
“Do you know? Everything you’re doing right now will turn into a sharp blade aimed at your students.”
“Is that so? Since you say so, it must have hurt them, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t bring this up with me; you’d just be quietly profiting.” I replied with a smile.
Even without these players reminding me, I was aware of this, after all, the Great Knowledge Seed is not just for show.
However, I didn’t stop, as this was a win-win situation. I was gaining progress, the players were acquiring new monster data, and only the students of the Extraordinary Academy would suffer.
This kind of confrontation and game made me think of my battle against another version of myself in the Primordial Dream World, which was quite similar in nature.
But aside from the fact that these players couldn’t quite keep up with my pace of progress, their thought processes were incredibly valuable and differed greatly from simple “self-gaming.”
In the Primordial Dream World, battling oneself was about developing potential that already existed but wasn’t mastered yet; anything mastered had not strayed from my knowledge. It was merely a pathway to quickly grasp known techniques.
However, fighting against players was an avenue of constant reflection and progress, slowly mastering unknown techniques!
But this method carries significant risk.
However… I didn’t care; my strength gave me confidence.
Moreover, I organized the information from these gadgets to share in the Great Knowledge Tree.
Even though the information on the Earth Vein Identification Technique was minimal here, the information for identifying special monsters was quite detailed.
Therefore, those who could skillfully use the Earth Vein Identification Technique could quickly find countermeasures and also gain progress in real combat.
This was a way to elevate oneself; those who couldn’t grasp it deserved to be eliminated.
I still remembered that this script node… had an elimination rate; d*ath wasn’t impossible.
As for those without the Great Knowledge Seed… to put it irresponsibly, what does it have to do with me?
At this moment, my attention turned to another matter.
Through the live streaming platform structured by the Great Knowledge Tree, although currently limited to barrage communication, I was still able to gather some information from those Witch Sisters.
The Witch Academy finally intervened in the instance.
I heard that a rarely seen Academy Head had intervened to adjust the instance’s difficulty, which was why I felt so relaxed.
Since the Witch Academy had reached this point, if I had to worry, then they deserved to suffer.
Let’s not forget, those gathered here weren’t just newcomers; newcomers made up a tiny portion, while the rest were well-known students from various Extraordinary Academies. Their combat strength wasn’t for show, and their intellect was equally substantial.
At this moment, I was beyond just testing spells; the derivative of spells wasn’t unlimited within a short time. Once my inspiration ran out, I would need to explore other avenues, such as… body techniques.
After all, I possessed the power of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation and had already reached the embryonic form of the seventh sense, but the body techniques I had mastered were pitifully few, with only the ritual combat dance that enhanced my physique.
However, since I had distributed too many Great Knowledge Seeds, I actually understood a lot of theoretical knowledge regarding various body techniques.
Among them was Sister Bai’s shared information on body techniques, along with insights into body cultivation shared by other witch practitioners.
And now was the time to put them into practice!
Among the numerous body techniques, I preferred the sword techniques shared by Sister Bai; perhaps that was just a bias… Moreover, I had a kn*fe gifted to me by Natalie in my Box of Books.
Naturally, I had to find a way to utilize it.
After all, the feeling of holding a kn*fe as a weapon was completely different from holding a book; it brought back a sense of childlike playful nostalgia that made me itch to slice something, like cutting up a cauliflower or something…
However, hunting monsters was just a formality; body techniques were merely an interest.
Ultimately, what I pursued was the issue of spell “field transformation.”
With body cultivation and the two Great Spellbooks, I had completed the embryonic form of the Heart Realm Field. Even achieving this level… was still merely an embryonic form.
From this, it was clear that the so-called ability of field transformation was still too terrifying, and I was far too weak.
Theoretically, the power of body cultivation should be able to create a complete field without needing to rely on the power of the Great Spellbooks. Therefore, from this perspective, I still needed to work harder.
However… after continually deriving and attempting new spells, I instinctively unearthed a reason why I couldn’t achieve field transformation.
That was… insufficient energy.
Yes, a very straightforward reason.
This was different from having the talent of Self-Generated Magic, which accelerated my mana recovery; this was simply… an insufficient cap.
In other words, the so-called magic source was inadequate.
My realization of this was not surprising. Setting aside deeper theoretical verifications and inexpressible insights and realizations, let me take one of the spellbooks I owned as an example.
The first one I possessed, the Excessive Consumption Spellbook “Fire Rain Field,” was originally a basic spell similar to Fireball Spell, known as Fire Rain Spell.
The Fire Rain Field Spellbook, as described by Teacher Ji, was a clumsy imitation of field transformation that utilized the properties of spell derivation to touch upon additional products of field transformation.
This was a leap from consuming a small amount of magic to consuming a thousand points of magic!
Now that I had grasped the embryonic form of the field, looking back at this spellbook revealed far too many… flaws.
I didn’t know when it was that I had gained the qualification to critique the Excessive Consumption Spellbook; that qualification wasn’t granted by anyone but arose naturally as a mindset.
For spellbooks I had already mastered, they were just spellbooks, tools; if the user held a sense of awe towards them, then they were not a competent master of that power.
Of course, if one has no corresponding level and recklessly disrespects any power, that’s equally inadvisable.
The reverence for power itself comes from the respect of oneself still not being the master of that power, as one must be aware that there are always stronger people out there.
“By the way, is this the way you players deal with me? Not generating anything, not letting me progress, just wasting my time?” I asked when I saw no activity for a while.
If this was all the players had, then I would have to go on the offense.
Earlier, to avoid disrupting this instance and revealing my trump card too early to the players, I hadn’t used the power of heart realm manifestation at all. Otherwise, a direct clash with the instance to create order turbulence would have been manageable; even if I didn’t win, this instance couldn’t hold me.
Moreover, I learned from Luxien that with the existence of the instance, the power level of [Extraordinary Knowledge] could create intense clashes, and even a fragment like the Heart of Cold Wave could partially break the internal boundaries of the instance.
Hence, they had also found a breakthrough inside the instance.
This so-called dungeon space the players spoke of was essentially a result of the game world developing [Extraordinary Knowledge] for utilization.
I could feel that the structure of the instance was similar to my Fire Rain Field Spellbook, but the form of power in the instance surpassed the limits of the Fire Rain Field Spellbook, possessing the ability to reshape the order of the material world. So strictly speaking, this was an embryonic form of a field.
As for why I determined it was an embryonic form rather than a complete field, that’s because I had never experienced what a real field was like. However, from my current confidence in clashing with the opponent, I estimated that they hadn’t escaped the bounds of “embryonic form” either.
If someone told me that this instance was a true field, to be honest, I would feel very disappointed.
“The Catastrophe Witch… I have to admire the terror of your strength, but it’s a pity that the permissions of this instance are not aimed at extermination but rather for harvesting fortunes; all we need to do is trap you, and our ultimate goal will be achieved…” At this moment, the players responded to my comments.
“I hear a tone of compromise in your words. It seems you don’t only have one type of instance. Why not use them? Or is the cost of using them too great?”
“Are you trying to fish for information from me?”
“You can think of it that way because I’m genuinely curious.” I replied sincerely.
“For safety, I won’t reveal any related information to you. At least not until we are able to k*ll you; we won’t tell you anything.”
“Is that it? So cautious?”
“Of course.”
“Alright…” I sighed lightly, realizing there was no need for me to stay here any longer, so… it was time to showcase my true strength a bit…
After all, always pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger really could turn one into a pig!
With that thought, I flicked the pommel of the sheathed kn*fe with my thumb, and a blade about an inch wide slid out, gleaming with a hint of cold light.
I wondered what terrifying scene could be created by combining the embryonic form of the heart realm with the power of reshaping order, condensing it into the blade, and then slicing outward!
I had never tried anything like this before~
Just as I was contemplating this, that player spoke to me again.
“To make sure you have something to do, I can be magnanimous and show you what your students are currently doing, how about it?”
“Mm?” I paused slightly, not expecting them to engage me again; I thought they were preparing to just leave me trapped here.
So I quickly re-sheathed the blade and said happily, “Sure~”
Although I had the information sharing from the Great Knowledge Seed, I could only roughly understand the situation through the shared information combined with the Qi Observation Technique. If the players were willing to show me a live broadcast, I was more than happy to accept.
Moreover… it seemed I was also live streaming right now, but since there was no visual, I could only interact through barrage chatting, which was somewhat similar to group chatting.
However, the RGB pixel imaging from these players gave me a splendid inspiration.
Since the information exchange channel between my Great Knowledge Tree and the Great Knowledge Seed was neither complete nor standardized, but the arrangement of information ultimately was merely an imaging precision issue, when we’re no longer pursuing the substance of visual imagery, my idea seemed feasible.
So… I thought of it and directly acted on it without much hesitation.
On the barrage, I briefly explained what I intended to do next, and then I began to make modifications.
Quickly, the Extraordinary Witches still watching the visual-less livestream witnessed some very abstract symbols replacing the original imagery. The words mixed with symbols kept changing, causing the witches to frown, unsure of what I was doing.
In fact, what I was doing was very simple; I was clumsily imitating the kind of “code animation” I had seen, using runes or special symbols to replace the pixels that form images. As I continuously refined the entire process, many witches began to realize what I was doing, and they smiled knowingly. This kind of livestream format was their first experience, and it was indeed quite interesting.
However, during my attempts, the players also presented a visual to me.
This perspective seemed to be derived from a monitoring view, so it appeared that the players still had the authority to observe anywhere within the instance space.
“Multiple perspectives? Shouldn’t your authority over the instance have been sanctioned?” I remarked, expressing my surprise.
“You actually know about this?”
“Shouldn’t I know? Because of this force, the instance space I’m in has been affected, right? If this weren’t a custom instance that you patched up quickly, I might have already escaped, wouldn’t I?” I said with a smile, though I didn’t mention that I had intentionally stayed behind.
“Hmph! Even if we are sanctioned by the will of the world, cleaning up your students is a piece of cake for us, and so it is for you!”
“Okay, okay, okay~” I cooperatively didn’t refute her.
However, I made a mental note of her words because… they actually claimed to be sanctioned by the will of the world?
I remembered chatting with those Witch Sisters and learned that it was an Academy Head who took action…
Perhaps they had genuinely misunderstood something.
Fortunately… it seemed I had almost revealed some significant information earlier.
I lightly stomped my foot, and a massive pixel block beneath me cracked from my force. I pulled out a not-so-large pixel block and placed it on the flat ground as a stool.
At this moment, the scene the players showed me was transmitted to the witches in another way, and the final imagery presented was too abstract.
However, I was continuously updating it to provide a satisfactory visual for the Witch Sisters still watching my livestream.
As for the students… after gathering personnel and finalizing the strategy, they had begun gradually strategizing against the instance.
And the so-called strategy, of course, meant breaking through each instance node, as releasing a field requires a main body. If the main body were destroyed, the field naturally could not be sustained.
Just like my Heart Realm Field had me as the main body; if someone crushed my physical form, my Heart Realm would naturally be unsustainable, as I was the one controlling that power, not the Great Knowledge Tree manifested outside the heart realm. This Great Knowledge Tree was merely a manifestation of the field’s power.
However, it was evident that the players’ field was entirely different from mine; the one wielding that power wasn’t a living person, nor even a life form. Therefore, for them to manifest the field here, they naturally needed a main body as the core, but they indeed had means to disperse those main bodies.
This entirely different method of controlling the field couldn’t be qualified as superior or inferior; it could only be said that each had its strengths.
However, the players’ thought processes were also an inspiration for me. Perhaps… the main body of the field power I wielded could also be something other than myself?
But it was clear that the heart realm’s field power didn’t quite seem applicable to such inspiration and insights.
“By the way… is this all you’re showing me? It looks like your instances are about to be torn apart~” I couldn’t help but speak up at this moment.
They were managing to complete this with such an advantageous rollout; they certainly had skills.
Yet, when I thought about the number of players participating in this instance compared to the number of students… the players were indeed working hard to narrow the gap in strength.
Perhaps they hadn’t anticipated the terrifying combat strength of the upper-year students?
Plus, with the other Heart of Cold Wave’s destruction of their instance, maintaining a home-field advantage was indeed not easy.
Additionally, the players previously mentioned that this instance was not specifically for extermination but for harvesting fortunes…
“Torn apart? No, no, no… You don’t think they’ll keep going this smoothly forever, do you? What they’ve dismantled is just a pixel structure that can be easily fabricated. If we don’t create a little illusion of smoothness and hope for their salvation, how could we plunge them into a despair like falling into hell?!”
Hearing my words, the players directly corrected my view, even their tone tinged with mockery.
They had never forgotten what they were truly sacrificing for!
“I see… So your main goal is still to harvest fortunes, right? So this is how you’re going about it?” I nodded in realization, clearly underestimating these players.
